benji@pnet01.cts.com (Brad Pennock) (11/19/89)
There has been alot of talk about leaving your Ami on 24 hours a day to help extend its life, a very persuasive argument I might add. What I am wondering is what do I do about my 1084S monitor? Should I leave it on too (have the screen blanked of course)? Some friends told me that turning the monitor on and off while my 500 is running will send a surge through the video port that is also detrimental to the computer. Does leaving the monitor on all the time increase its life as would leaving my computer on all the time? Thanks! | _ ---*(_) Brad A. Pennock | SDSU Aerospace Engineering Undergrad & Future Astronaut Amiga computer junkie too! "Wanna fly Falcon? I dare ya!" UUCP: {nosc ucsd hplabs!hp-sdd}!crash!pnet01!benji ARPA: crash!pnet01!benji@nosc.mil INET: benji@pnet01.cts.com HOME: 4660 Oregon St.#5, San Diego, CA 92116, Earth
usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (11/19/89)
In article <727@crash.cts.com> benji@pnet01.cts.com (Brad Pennock) writes: >is what do I do about my 1084S monitor? Should I leave it on too (have the >screen blanked of course)? Some friends told me that turning the monitor on >and off while my 500 is running will send a surge through the video port that I don't know why, but my A1000 has crashed (on more than 1 occasion) when I have powercycled my A1080. I don't know if it crashed when I turned in off or back on though. So I would say, yes it is detrimental. Joe Porkka porkka@frith.egr.msu.edu
bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) (11/23/89)
In article <5434@cps3xx.UUCP> porkka@frith.UUCP (Joe Porkka) writes: |[...] |I don't know why, but my A1000 has crashed (on more than 1 occasion) |when I have powercycled my A1080. I don't know if it crashed |when I turned in off or back on though. | |So I would say, yes it is detrimental. Odd. I turn off my 1080 monitor regularly to save wear'n'tear on the CRT. I never have had any effect that I noticed on my A1000. Perhaps you have an AC power problem of some sort? Cheers, -- ^^ Bruce Becker Toronto, Ont. w \**/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `/v/-e BitNet: BECKER@HUMBER.BITNET _/ >_ Ceci n'est pas une | - Rene Macwrite